Congo and M23 rebel group will hold peace talks on Tuesday, mediator Angola says | AP News Angola is hosting peace talks between the government of the Congo and the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group on March 18th. Angola has been a mediator throughout the conflict since the rebels took over Goma, the second biggest city in Congo. All previous peace… Read more »
Link To Article On Wednesday, March 5, 2025, Lejone Mpotjoane, Lesotho’s foreign minister, stated he was insulted by U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim that no one had heard of the country in his address to Congress on Tuesday. Trump said that foreign spending on Lesotho was an “appalling waste.” Lesotho, referred to as “The Kingdom in the Sky,” is home… Read more »
Link to article: https://apnews.com/article/zelenskyy-ukraine-russia-putin-south-africa-a36f89478db31137edd2ea1445191620 South Africa has developed a neutral position in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war and is continuing to attempt to be the mediator and host peace talks so the two can come to a peaceful resolution to end the war. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine now has a planned meeting on April 10 with South Africa’s leader Cyril… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1d4z4lnxvxo This article expands on my previous and continues to talk a bit about South Sudan and its history with civil war and the current civil war. The main difference is that this article is an update to the previous, but states that Ugandan troops that were supposedly sent to South Sudan’s capital to help defend its… Read more »
Link to article: https://apnews.com/article/south-sudan-fighting-ugandan-troops-3e36094b4eaea9247843ea3fad86f03d South Sudan has been plagued by multiple civil wars for many years and is currently in an ethnic and political conflict. The leader of South Sudan is Salva Kiir who is a ethnic Dinka and his opposition in this civil war is his deputy Machar who is an ethnic Nuer. Uganda’s government has historically backed and… Read more »
Link to article:https://apnews.com/article/usaid-cuts-africa-malaria-health-trump-22252b138d6eeaa143cc892731aec227 Malaria season is starting in Africa, but the U.S. decision to cut 90% of USAID foreign aid contracts threatens life-saving malaria prevention and treatment programs, especially in Nigeria, Congo, and Uganda. USAID has been a major funder of anti-malaria efforts, providing medicines, mosquito nets, and spraying operations that are now disrupted. Experts warn that without continued support,… Read more »
Link to article:https://apnews.com/article/south-sudan-fighting-ugandan-troops-3e36094b4eaea9247843ea3fad86f03d Uganda has sent special forces to South Sudan to support President Salva Kiir’s government tensions. Riek Machar which threatened to plunge the country back into civil war. The deployment aims to protect the capital Juba from potential rebel advances. South Sudan has faced political instability since its independence in 2011 and the latest tensions stem from fighting… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/south-sudan-situation-deteriorating-alarming-pace-un-rights-body-2025-03-08/ Increased violence and political friction within South Sudan threatens a peace agreement reached in 2018 which ended a five-year civil war between Kiir and Machar forces, the South Sudanese President and Vice President. This fighting cost almost 400,000 lives. Several officials and two ministers of the country’s Vice President were arrested and tensions have risen over… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/uganda-says-special-forces-deploy-south-sudan-capital-amid-tensions-2025-03-11/ Uganda has deployed special forces in South Sudan’s capital, Juba, to secure it as stated by Uganda’s military chief on Tuesday. A Ugandan spokesperson said the deployment of Ugandan special forces was requested by South Sudan. However, South Sudan’s information minister denied the presence of troops, as tensions between South Sudan’s president and Vice President rise… Read more »
link to article:https://apnews.com/article/congo-goma-m23-mpox-disease-outbreak-97ce140be2d7069aa0428a25011bba99 Hospitals in eastern Congo are struggling to contain the mpox outbreak as the M23 rebel group’s takeover of Goma and Bukavu disrupts medical care forcing patients to flee and causing severe shortages of supplies. With damaged hospitals and limited disease tracking cases continue to rise yet reporting remains unreliable due to the conflict. Authorities are working to… Read more »